Tag Archives: Spaghetti

Thali for lunch and spaghetti for dinner! 5/9/18

John has been working these last few days and getting home late so our dinner routine has been disrupted. On Tuesday we ended up not having dinner at all! My daughter and I have been making up for the missing … Continue reading

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Leftover-ish? 4/23/18

I took about 4 oz. of ground beef out of the freezer just in case our neighbors decided not to fulfill their “c’mon over” invitation from last Sunday. We had not heard from them all week so I did not … Continue reading

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Spaghetti rigate X 2. 4/6 and 4/7/18

We bought some Barilla spaghetti rigate the other day and thought we would return to Italy for the evening meal. Rigate means striated and the spaghetti has grooves on it that run the length of each strand. It helps the … Continue reading

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Grit and Grail in Rome. 3/10/18

Ordered a fav of mine for lunch, spaghetti alla vongole (clams) which unfortunately had gritty clams and stuck together pasta. C’mon, Rome, you can do better! First step in my search for the Holy Grail of pizza – crust is … Continue reading

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Manga! Spaghetti Bolognese. 2/28/18

In anticipation of our trip to Italy next week I made Spaghetti Bolognese. This is, of course, my same old pasta with meat sauce that I make almost every week. As usual it was super yummy and there were hardly … Continue reading

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Flexible spaghetti. 2/19/18

Here is my menu for the week. Sunday was chili night, check. Tonight should be chicken cacciatore, right? It should especially be so since it is Chicken Monday. But we were late getting the chicken to marinate and nobody felt … Continue reading

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Menu mix-up! 2/7,8,9/18

I had a menu plan. I posted it in my kitchen and online. Problem is when I got to Wednesday I did not feel like eating fish so I had spaghetti which I always feel like eating. Then Thursday rolled … Continue reading

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Do-overs. 1/31 & 2/1, 2018

I tried to improve on two dishes this week. I wanted to make them easier or better. I had mixed results. I decided to make my tomato and ground beef spaghetti sauce in the Instant Pot. Recipes I read said … Continue reading

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Vegetarian pasta and vegan spicy Thai basil eggplant with tofu. 1/29/18

Having had quite a bit of animal protein last week, I started out this week with a vegetarian and a vegan dish. Actually the pasta was only vegetarian because I added some fish sauce and grated some parmesan cheese on … Continue reading

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Pasta, fajitas, burger, all American!

Notice that I did not use All-American. Why? Because all these foods are mainstream American fare. What a boon to get up each day and decide what type of cuisine you want to eat and then run out to your … Continue reading

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